Daily Dothttp://www.dailydot.com/Daily Dot Articleen-usFri, 31 Aug 2012 20:59:26 +0000Nick Offerman lets Reddit ask him (and Ron Swanson) anythinghttp://www.dailydot.com/upstream/nick-offerman-ron-swanson-reddit-AMA/<p><img src='http://cdn0.dailydot.com/cache/4d/af/4daf1b5e04187fbaac9a000cf0c60fc5.jpg'></p><p>
Nick Offerman and his most famous character, <em>Parks and Recreation</em>&rsquo;s Ron Swanson, have a lot in common. Both are <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7qiXZqrvfI">master craftsmen</a>. They have identical mustaches. Swanson even <a href="http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/nick-offerman-ron-swanson-imdb/">has an IMDB page</a> that looks suspiciously like Offerman&#39;s. But while Swanson is <a href="http://gifrific.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/ron-swanson-computer-throw-out-parks-and-rec.gif">something of a luddite</a>, his real-life counterpart braved the computer to <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/z5asn/im_nick_offerman_i_play_ron_swanson_on_parks_and">let Reddit ask him anything</a>.</p>
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While a few of his answers could have easily come from the show (the best way to cook bacon and eggs <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/z5asn/im_nick_offerman_i_play_ron_swanson_on_parks_and/c61k71z">is</a> &ldquo;In an iron skillet, over a fire of oak at your cabin,&rdquo;) at least a few answers highlighted the differences between Offerman and Swanson.</p>
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<em>I know you and your character have a lot things in common, in what ways are you drastically different from Ron?</em> (<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/cokobunner">cokobunner</a>)</p>
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I wouldn&#39;t call it drastic, but my penis is 5/8&quot; larger than Ron&#39;s, in both length AND breadth, but it is held that he wields his with greater aplomb.</p>
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<em>Are your political stances similar to Ron Swanson?</em> (<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/heycheeahs">heycheeahs</a>)</p>
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Well, I just went to discuss this question with Ron, and I found him staring stoically into a fire in which burned his VHS collection of <em>Dirty Harry</em> movies whilst he seemed to be mumbling the words to the Beastie&#39;s <em>High Plains Drifter</em>, and welling up. I would not have expected Ron to be aware of <em>Paul&#39;s Boutique</em>, I guess that seminal record really penetrated the generations. Anyway, I left him to his thoughts.</p>
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<em>Living in Chicago in the mid-90s; did you ever feel like joining the ever-popular improv scene?</em> (<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/FkYouFlipFlops">FkYouFlipFlops</a>)</p>
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No, I did not. The comedy world and the &quot;straight theatre&quot; were very self-contained, very autonomous groups, and I was in 100% ignorance to that fecund chuckle-field. I was working on plays, mostly with my company, The Defiant Theatre, 24/7, so it was all I could do to see another play that a friend was in, let alone go see comedy.</p>
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<em>When you play monopoly, which piece do you choose to represent you on the board, and why?</em> (<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/ambrosius23">ambrosius23</a>)</p>
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I choose the thimble because no matter where I roam, you can&#39;t prick my motherfuckin&#39; thumb with your bitch-ass Scottie Dog. Can I cuss on here?</p>
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<em>How much action does your mustache see?</em> (<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/M374llic4">M374llic4</a>)</p>
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If by &quot;action&quot;, you mean &quot;the puss&quot;, I&#39;d say that is not for public consumption, either literally or figuratively. The rumors that my moustache has a burgeoning career in Japanese porn are almost entirely unfounded. As far as I know.</p>
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<em>What&#39;s a typical evening at home like with Megan [Mullally, Offerman&rsquo;s wife]?</em> (<a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/CalamityJane1852">CalamityJane1852</a>)</p>
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Oh, gosh. Well, we get dressed up as Marx Brothers (she&#39;s always Groucho or Harpo, and I&#39;m Chico...whatever, she made the outfits.) and we get sauced on Gin and goofballs and run around the yard, sometimes with a lot of horn-honking, and then I set up the target rings at which Megan fires ping-pong balls and sometimes racquet balls from her vagina, often racking up an impressive tally of points (she got a 420 last night!), while I assemble my black powder muzzle-loader collection and fire lead balls at our neighbor, Charlie Sheen&#39;s secret wife&#39;s mom&#39;s jungle cats (I miss on purpose, I&#39;m not a dick.) Normal Hollywood shit.</p>
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<em>Photo via <a href="http://i.imgur.com/impGQ.jpg">Imgur</a></em></p>
kcollier@dailydot.com (Kevin Collier)Fri, 31 Aug 2012 20:59:26 +0000http://www.dailydot.com/upstream/nick-offerman-ron-swanson-reddit-AMA/RedditUpstreamCulture